Just became an evil god and was summoned by the saint

It's a common problem among players to like circling around NPCs.

Especially when facing beautiful female NPCs.

Ross was an ordinary person before he traveled through time.

So he did what many other people would do—

Card perspective.

Even if we can't eat it, we should at least look at it, right?

Alina loves to sleep, and when she sleeps, there are always some hidden perks...

In short, it wasn't anything glorious or righteous, so Ross decided to play dumb.

He pulled Celia along, looked ahead, and changed the subject:

"Let's go, we've arrived at Alina's resting place."

Chapter 379 I'm sorry, Celia

This place is located deep underground in the far north.

The stars and aurora borealis enveloped the entire underground area, and only when Ross and Celia moved forward did a path part in front of them.

Following the road downwards, Ross and Celia arrived at a huge space at the very bottom.

There is an ice-sculpted castle here, somewhat similar to the one in the ruins, but even more mysterious.

The sky above was still covered with stars, and there seemed to be a crescent moon as well.

Ross stopped and gazed at the ice-sculpted castle in front of him.

After a long pause, he finally took a step forward.

Slowly, he stepped out of the puppet, which transformed into a stream of light and returned to the storage space.

As he moved forward, his illusory figure gradually solidified.

In the end, except for being unable to touch, he was no different from an ordinary person.

Celia followed silently behind Ross without saying a word.

At this point, silence is the best course of action.

No need to speak.

She saw not a trace of joy on Ross's face.

It was completely different from when I met Jonathan before.

His calm expression, revealing neither sadness nor joy, is itself a signal.

mean……

Recalling those fragments of Alina's memories, Celia also felt distressed.

"I hope Miss Alina is alright, just asleep," the girl prayed silently.

Soon, the two arrived inside the castle.

There are also ice sculptures guarding the castle entrance, standing silently on both sides, watching over the sleeping princess.

Unfortunately, unlike in the ruins, the guards do not come to life.

This castle has walls, but no gates.

Only here at the castle is there a gate carved from ice.

"This door shows signs of being opened multiple times..."

Celia noticed that the gate leading into the castle showed signs of having been opened many times.

These marks are visible to anyone with eyesight.

After all, it's been touched so much it's become patina-like.

Ross stood in front of the door for a moment before turning around and saying, "Celia, help me open the door."

"Oh, okay." Celia quickly stepped forward.

Ross is currently in a state where he cannot touch the physical body, but in reality, he has a hundred ways to open the door—one of them is to ask Celia to open it.

Pushing open the door, the interior was not dark at all, but bright, also bathed in stars and aurora.

However, a shadow lingers among these stars, and it cannot be dispelled.

The castle wasn't divided into rooms; it was just a huge space with a platform protruding from the center, upon which sat a massive block of ice.

Beneath their feet, the castle's pillars and walls were covered with runes.

If you delve deeper into these runes, you can also see hidden magic crystals.

Ross slowly approached the ice block, stood in front of the platform, hesitated for a moment, sighed, stepped onto the platform, and stood next to the huge ice block, looking into it.

Inside the ice block, a stunningly beautiful purple-haired girl lay quietly with her eyes closed, her hands folded over her abdomen.

The purple hair seemed to have stardust flowing within it.

The ice block was concave, its surface only slightly higher than hers, reaching below Rose's chest.

Celia followed and looked at Alina inside the ice block.

Unable to tell whether Alina was still alive, she looked at Ross, waiting for his reaction.

She couldn't detect any change in Ross's emotions.

only……

It seemed to get a few degrees colder around us.

After a long pause, Ross suddenly sighed softly.

He reached out, his fingertips firm, and gently brushed aside a strand of Alina's hair.

Alina did not react.

No breathing.

as if……

Has he been dead for a long time?

Celia hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but then stopped herself.

It was very difficult to endure.

Ross spoke first, saying softly, "Are you asking whether Alina is alive or dead?"

Celia nodded silently.

"Alive, but also dead."

Celia: "..."

Well, she was actually used to Ross's way of speaking.

Lord Ross always says things like that.

Ross gazed at Alina and said softly, "I've seen more dreams than you have. Besides dreams from a thousand years ago, I've also seen dreams from the last hundred years."

Celia remained silent, acting as a faithful listener.

"Alina overdraws her power in the early stages of the resistance against the calamity. The fact that a mage with the dream attribute cannot fall asleep means that she is overdrawing her power and her soul."

"Falgar noticed that something was wrong with her and persuaded her to sleep in the far north. The ice and aurora of the far north nourished and repaired her soul, allowing her to slowly regain her strength."

"But more than a hundred years ago, she was awakened prematurely."

"She voluntarily allowed her blood to be drawn, letting the power and blood leave her."

"Her condition was already poor, and after her power was drained, her condition and life force declined rapidly, already teetering on the brink of life and death. If it weren't for the continuous healing from the magic array here, she might have died decades ago."

Celia opened her mouth, but finally couldn't help asking, "Who made Miss Alina voluntarily give up her power and blood? The Polar Blood Alliance..."

Ross's voice turned cold: "Only someone you know would let her do that. Someone is using my story to deceive her. Good."

acquaintance……?

The names Jonathan had mentioned flashed through Celia's mind.

Finally, among the chaotic names, one name slowly emerged and was uttered.

"Ashgard?"

Celia also remembered what Jonathan had said about the other apostles.

Six died. Of the remaining ones, Falgar is missing, Alina is asleep, Ashgar and Raphael chose to be active outside and fight against the gods, while only Dolores and Jonathan created ruins and stayed within them.

Ashgard and Raphael are the prime suspects.

But according to Jonathan, one of them fought to the end, and the other spread his ideas.

Celia had heard Ross mention that Ashgard was a warmonger.

He is the prime suspect.

I'm not familiar with Raphael, so I don't know.

Ross remained noncommittal and did not dwell on the matter. "Celia, bring out all of Alina's blood."

"okay."

Celia took out all the blood Alina had obtained so far.

Except for one bottle used in special training, the rest are all here.

Most of them were obtained from the stronghold above.

Under Ross's control, blood flowed from the vial and floated in front of Alina.

Ross murmured, "Although I can't heal your injuries right now, I can at least keep you alive. Wait, I'll personally come and get you when I get out."

Those dreams left Ross with mixed feelings.

Meanwhile, Alina's willingness to have her blood drawn, leaving her barely alive, only survived thanks to Falga's magic circle, infuriated him.

Under Ross's control, the blood rapidly formed a strange pattern, slowly seeping into Alina's body.

The magic circle surrounding the entire ice sculpture castle lit up.

As Celia was watching, she suddenly saw Ross turn around and say apologetically:

"I'm sorry, Celia."

While Celia was still wondering, she suddenly felt her magic being instantly drained away, and her eyes rolled back as she fainted.

Chapter 380: Brief Awakening

"A third-tier mage's magic power is still too low; he can only barely maintain his state."

Ross focused intently on manipulating the runes formed from Alina's blood, which flowed through her body.

On the other side, he used his mental power to support the unconscious Celia and slowly lay her down on the ice.

All the magic, under Ross's precise control, flowed into Alina's body.

As the blood flowed through Alina's body under the control of magic, her seemingly extinguished life force slowly stabilized.

The magic circle around the entire ice sculpture castle was glowing, slowly changing the original rune patterns.

"The runes left by Falgar are indeed good, but something is still missing."

Ross looked at Alina and gently shook his head.

"What an idiot. You could have just slept here until I got back. Why go through all that trouble? Let me change the runes. After that, no one can touch you."

The magic circle enveloping the entire ice sculpture castle slowly changed into the shape of Ross.

Now, no one can get close to Alina without his permission.

Just as the magic circle was completed, Alina's eyelids twitched, and then she slowly opened them.

Her pupils slowly focused on Ross's face, she paused for a moment, and muttered to herself.